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strainer
/ ˈstreɪnə /
noun
- a sieve used for straining sauces, vegetables, tea, etc
- a gauze or simple filter used to strain liquids
- a self-locking device or a tool for tightening fencing wire
- the main post in a wire fence, often diagonally braced
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Prepare a large bowl with water and ice along with a strainer.
After shaking, he pours the opaque, green liquid through a strainer and into a chilled champagne coupe.
Traditional method: Separate broth from solids by pouring through a strainer.
Fat Separator method: Separate broth from solids by pouring through a strainer.
Put mushrooms in strainer basket and put the basket into the Thermomix with the mirepoix in the bottom.
Then crouching low, he crossed the room to where the strainer top of the sewer drain was placed in the concrete floor.
A strainer of bark cloth is plunged into it at times, and wrung out so as to carry away the small fragments of root.
Pyetushkov came out of the back room in a parti-coloured smoking-jacket with tucked-up sleeves, and a strainer in his hand.
Johnny saw a pail of water, dipped a tea-strainer into it, and dashed two drops in Dotty's face.
An equal quantity of ripe coconut meat is likewise grated, from which through a strainer the rich milky juice is expressed.
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